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Shakun Batra (born 1 January 1983) is an Indian filmmaker, actor and writer. His first film was the romantic comedy Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu (2012). He followed this with the ensemble family drama Kapoor & Sons (2016) and the Amazon Prime Video original noir romantic drama Gehraiyaan (2022), also his production debut. Career.
Shakun Batra. Director: Kapoor & Sons. He is a national scholar in Accounts and went to St.Xavier's High School in New Delhi and did his graduation from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University. Post graduation he was due to do his MBA and join his father's business. However, he had other plans. In an industry known for nepotism, he took a chance and joined the Vancouver Film School to become a...
Feb 10, 2023 · Unless, of course, it’s a Shakun Batra film. In Batra’s world, friendship – even when it is between a man and a woman – leaks into love. It is a nod towards the undeniably grey nature of relationships and Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu was a tiny but profound step away from the simplification of love in mainstream Hindi cinema. Over 11 years, Batra has only taken longer and more experimental strides in this direction.
Feb 11, 2022 · Gehraiyaan: Directed by Shakun Batra. With Deepika Padukone, Naseeruddin Shah, Ananya Panday, Siddhant Chaturvedi. Takes you on a journey into the deep rooted intricacies of modern human relationships.
Ya Jaane Na, for which he was the second assistant director Then and now Shakun Batra, who has also directed Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, at 22 (inset) and now, at 38.
Feb 7, 2022 · Shakun Batra and (right) Deepika Padukone and Siddhant Chaturvedi in a still from Gehraiyaan. He doesn’t claim to make tentpole films replete with elaborate song and dance moments. However, his ...
Gehraiyaan is directed by Shakun Batra. Surely saying someone is ‘asking to be cheated on’ is not okay, but if it was, the often insufferable Karan comes pretty damn close. He takes Alisha for ...
Feb 2, 2022 · Director Shakun Batra is feeling the pressure, but most of all, he’s excited. In an interview with Indian Express, the filmmaker behind diverse Dharma Productions projects such as Kapoor & Sons and next week’s Gehraiyaan—starring Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday and Dhairya Karwa—spoke about evolving as a filmmaker, the intensely prepared fluidity that he fostered on set, and the efforts he made to ensure that his actors were comfortable with some of the more ...
Feb 13, 2022 · Indian filmmaker Shakun Batra’s third feature film began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Friday. Titled Gehraiyaan, the film stars Deepika Padukone, Ananya Panday, Dhairya Karwa and Siddhant ...
Feb 8, 2022 · These are themes director Shakun Batra usually traffics in. He’s a hard one to slot; his films (the narrative ones) are brisk, Allenesque affairs, and they look and feel cozier than they actually are. After Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu (2012) and Kapoor & Sons (2016), Gehraiyaan seems possessed of the Shakun touch. Yet it also marks a shift. This for one is a film about infidelity, a topic of much moral hand-wringing in Hindi cinema.
